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JASMINUM ‘grandiflorum. 
Spanish or catalonian Jasmine. 
; , DIANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
JASMINUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 1. 
Div. foltis compositis. 
J. grandiflorum, foliis pinnatis: foliolis obtusiusculis, gemmis horizonta- 
libus. Hort. Kew. 1. 10. Fé ; 
J. grandiflorum. Linn. sp. pl. 1.9. Mill. dict. ed. 8.n.4. Meer. 
wc. t. 1. Desfont. fi. atl. 1.6. Brotero fi. lusit. 1.12. Quer fl. 
espan. 5, 260. Ruiz y Pavon fl. peruv. 1.6. — Willd. sp. pl. 1.41. 
ahl enum: 1.34. Hort. Kew. ed..2. 1. 18. 
Jasminum officinale. 8. Gouan hort. 5.. 
J. hispanicum flore majore externé rubente. Cat. pl. hort. lond. t. 7; 
Merian surinam. t. 46. , Knorr thes. 1.t. £. 1, 
J. candiflorum majus. Ger, emac. 892. f.2. Tabern, ic. 885. 
J.catalonicum. Park. parad. 406. - 
Gelseminum catalonicum., Cam. epit. 37. 
Chamegelseminum' gtandiflorum peramoenum. Lob. hist. 443, 
Pitsjegam-Mulla. © Itheeile mal. 6. 91. t. 52. 
Arbuscula erecta, glabra, 3-4-pedalis, non scandens, ramosa ; rami divisi 
graciles, virentes, foliost, per duo latera exarati sulco. Folia decussato-distan- 
tia, ‘patentissima, petiolata, trijuga cum impart, levia ; foliolis ovatis, laterum 
- equalibus subsessilibus obtusis, finis duplo majori, longé acuminato. Pedun- 
culi terminales lateralesque, axillares, trichotomo-triflori v. modd ultra ; pe- 
dicelli extime suffulti bractead modo foliaceo-ampla modd minutd. Cal. viridis, 
dentibus setaceis. ole sesquiuncialis, alba, externé purpureo-suffusa ; tubus 
erectus, angusté cylindricus, & partes uncie longus; lacinie 
elliptic, obtusule. Pa “2 oy eh coraHatee 
A species the nearest of any to the common Jasmine 
(Jasminum officinale;) but differs from that in having an 
upright subarboreous stem, with divergent woody branches 
which do not require to be supported, and never acquire any 
thing near the length these do in the other, the entire plant 
seldom exceeding four feet;. in. having horizontal, not 
_ upright buds, leaves of a brighter green, obtuse closer lateral ~ 
leaflets, the one at the end much larger acuminate’ and 
most times decursively confluent with the twonext; in hav- 
ing a larger, more substantial, and more exquisitely fragrant 
bloom, generally suffused with crimson on the outside. 
A native of the East Indies; and if not aboriginal, cer- 
tainly naturalized in the island of Tobago, where the woods, 
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